Peak Oil

Website/URL:
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2007/01-30/peak-oil-and-environment.htm

Summary:
Some people might think that burning less oil in the future will reduce pollution. There would be less tailpipe emissions from vehicles, fewer jets flying through the sky causing pollution, fewer motorboats and jet skis leaking fuel into bays and rivers, and fewer snowmobiles making a smoky racket. Peak oil may help us in the long run but in the short run it will have a major impact on our environment. Petroleum is the major ingredient for plastics, pesticides, and chemicals which we misuse or overuse. Doing so does cause big issues for the environment. If there were not so much plastics, pesticides and chemicals then it would be better for our environment.
Opinion:
This article is very important and I think that everyone should know just how harmful peak oil or petroleum is to our environment. Yes in the long run peak oil may help the environment but it is not said to be 100% that it well. In near terms it is said that it will have a devastating impact on our environment. I have learned in my environmental Science 3205 classes and textbook the different types of emissions and how they are harmful to the environment, the carbon monoxides, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides that are released into the environment. This all affects the ozone that we are trying to repair which causes Global Warming. Who really knows if Peak Oil will help the environment in the long run? It’s almost not worth taking the chance if it will hurt the environment in the near term.